This morning I was allowed to sleep a bit longer, but the flu still made me feel weak. I took some medicine and I wasn’t cold anymore, maybe due to a light fever. So I was able to make a short and easy hike today. The sky was clear and while we were walking, we always had the view to Choyo mountain in front of us. After about one hour we arrived Kele, which offers only one lodge which was closed today. The next village we passed was Luza with only a few lodges and restaurants. For lunch we already had been in Machhermo (4.470 meters). The afternoon was cold and foggy again, so I hang out in the dining hall of “Tashi Delek”, updated justhalfaworldaway.com and read a Buddhist book.

I didn’t feel better in the evening. Luckily I remembered the hot-water bottle in my backpack, which saved my life in that freezing night.

Nevertheless the flu was still making the decisions at the following morning, so I wasn’t able to go to Gokyo and spent another day in Machhermo. I enjoyed my second hot shower and washed my hair for the first time within one week. It was an easy day, I was alone with a Scottish lady, our guides and the hosts of Tashi Delek. I read my book, the WiFi was off and I was thinking about nothing already – just one week after I’ve left Germany! The first time I experienced that took a couple of months!